Garment-hanger.



No. 818,748. PATENTBD APR. 24. 1906.

S. N. CRAGIN.

GARMENT HANGER. PPLIGATION FILED 001'.7,1905.

3 Elma/"@1 41 to .NETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apri124, 1906.

Application filed October 7.1905. Serial No. 281.773.

To'aJZ whom it may concern:

Be it k own that I, SAMUEL X, CRAGIN, a citizen 0 the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful 1111- provements in Garment-Hangcrs, M which the following is a spec fication.

This invention is a gariiient-hanger particularly adapted for hanging skirts and coats.

The object of the invention is to form an improved device of the kind characterixci'i by simplicity and cheapncss and by an adjustment. which may be quickly made to accommodate the hanger to garments of various sizes and to quickly atta h the garment to or detach the same from the hanger.

in the accompanying drawings.lcigure 1 is a side view of the hanger. Fig. 2 is an end view. H 7

Referring spcciiically to the drawings. the hanger will be seen to comprise two parallelrods on which a'hook is produced and a pair I of projecting pieces which are slidable in and with a hook, and a pair ot' dcpending arms out; on the rods and on which the garment is engaged.

A. piece of stoiit wire is bent to form a hook e, at the lower end of which it is bent out at an angle to form one side of an upper rod T, at the outer end of which it is bent down and back to form a lower rod 8. and linally bent back to form the other side or half ol the upper rod T. and at its end is fastened by being wound around the shank of the hook. as indiciitcd :11 ll. The rods T and 8 At it) are indicated a pair of curved arms or pieces depending from the rods. These arms are mounted upon the rods by means of h les at ll. through which the lower rod s passes. and notches at 12. in which the upper r d 7 lies. Necessarily the wire is inserted through the holes 11 before being bent to its linal shape.

quentlyproduces a binding action at the.

holes i l, which prevents any movement, of tlwirms. The location of the rod 7 in the are pa 'allcl.

The lower ends of the arms 10 1 llare outwardly. as indicated at 13. thereby or side movement of the arms and increases the rigidity and strength of the device. l in placing a garment, such as a skirt, on the hanger one arm is caught on the waistband and the other arm is shoved in until it will pass within the band at the other end. Then the arm is drawn out or back and the weight allowed to come thereon. To detach the skirt. it is simply necessary to release the weight on one 'of the arms and push the same in along the rods until the skirt will drop oil. The arms 10 may conveniently be made of cast-iron or of wire bent to a similar shape. lnasiiiuch as the outer ends of the rods T and are connected together or closed it is impossible for the arms 10 to be pulled oil or to slip oil and become lost. which is a decided advantage.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A garment-haiiger (OlllPllf-lllfl parallel rods located one above the other and provided slidable in and out; on the rods andshaped to support a garment, each arm llil\'lli} an opening near the top thereof aud'another below the same. through which openii'igs the upper and lower rods respectivelyextend, the arms being ollsct outwardly at. their lower ends soas lo blllll agaii'ist one of the rods, at the openings, when a'garment' is hung thereon.

.3. A garment-hanger comprising a. piece, of wire bent to form a hook and two parallel rods located one. above :tlie other andconnec-t ed together at their-outer ends, 'and a pair of depending garment-s11)porting ar ns'enga.gin; and slidableon bot of'the rods and'hayin; notches in their upper endsthrough whicli'the upper rod extends, and holes be- I low said notches through which thelower rod- 9 extends,

In testimonywhereof I-have signed my namet o this specification in'thepresence two slll strilillig witnesses.

Witnesses:

Ai'ui's ri's I. 111111141. ERNEST T. lllS'lON. 

